James married Orilla Mae Frost, daughter of Frank Fernando Frost and Elizabeth C. Kain, in 1893 in La Salle County, Ilinois. (Orilla Mae Frost was born on 1 Nov 1870 in Ottawa, LaSalle County, Ilinois, died on 3 Dec 1933 in Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan and was buried in Lakeside Cemetery, Plot: 229-2, Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan.)